Yaroslav Omelyan
Yaroslav Maksymovych Omelyan was a Ukrainian artist.
Life and career
Omelyan was born in the village of Mshana, Lwów Voivodeship, Poland. During 1950–1959 he was repressed and spent time in Gulag labour camps in Siberia.He was a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine, an honorary member of the All-Ukrainian Society "Prosvita" and was awarded the Merited Painter of Ukraine.
From 1969 he participated in collective exhibitions in cities across Europe.